Louisiana Tech’s department of music will present the sixth annual Octubafest concert at 7:30 p.m. today in the Recital Hall, located in the Howard Auditorium, Center for the Performing Arts.

The concert will feature the Trom-uba-phone Experience, which comprises performers from Tech, Bossier Parish Community College, Centenary College and Ruston High School. Music from the Renaissance, Baroque, romantic and 20th century periods will be performed on trombones, euphoniums and tubas.

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